Marriage Register - registration of marriage

Before you can get married in Germany, the marriage must be registered at the relevant registry office. In order for the marriage to be registered at the Registry Office Steglitz-Zehlendorf, it is essential that at least one party to the marriage has their main or secondary residence in the Steglitz-Zehlendorf district.

Both spouses have German citizenship

You have the option of registering your planned marriage in writing. Please use our written registration form, which you will find at the bottom of this page. Fill in this form, sign it and send it by post to our Registry Office together with all the necessary original documents (you only need a copy of your identity card or passport). Alternatively, you can also drop your documents into our letterbox.

Which documents must be submitted?

• Identity card or passport
• In the case of restricted access to information:
  extended registration certificate with details of marital status no older than 14 days
• Certified printout from the register of births no older than 6 months (no birth certificate, no multilingual extract from the register).

Additionally, if you have already been married or in a civil partnership in Germany:

• Certified printout from the marriage or civil partnership register no older than 6 months with a notice of dissolution.

If the place of the birth or previous marriage is in the current District of Steglitz-Zehlendorf, a certified register printout is not required. In this case, a simple certificate is sufficient (a copy is also possible).

One or both of the spouses do not have German citizenship or have a civil status in another country:

In this case, a detailed consultation regarding the documents to be submitted is necessary. Please use our contact form for your enquiry. (Please note: The form is in German.)

Written registration of the marriage

• Schriftliche Anmeldung zur Eheschließung

  Please note: The form is in German.

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